About this role

Drive Transformation in Legal Technology at Wells Fargo

Wells Fargo is seeking a Lead Technology Director to play a critical role in transforming how technology enables the Legal organization. This leader will operate as a strategic technology partner to Legal leadership, shaping priorities, influencing outcomes, and driving delivery of innovative solutions across eDiscovery, litigation support, and data governance.

This is not a traditional delivery role. You will operate in a highly matrixed environment, working across Legal, Compliance, Product, Operations, and Technology to define problems, align stakeholders, and deliver scalable, high-impact solutions. You will bring clarity to ambiguity, build strong relationships, and ensure technology investments drive meaningful business outcomes.

You will also champion an AI-first approach, partnering directly with Legal stakeholders to identify, pilot, and scale AI-enabled solutions that reimagine workflows and improve efficiency, risk management, and decision-making.

If you are a relationship-driven leader who thrives in complex environments and is passionate about applying technology and AI to solve real business problems, this is a unique opportunity to lead transformation at scale.

Key Responsibilities

• Serve as a trusted, consultative partner to senior Legal and Compliance stakeholders—shaping problem definitions, influencing priorities, and aligning technology solutions to business outcomes

• Drive alignment across Business, Product, Operations, and Technology, influencing without authority to deliver cohesive, end-to-end solutions

• Lead development and evolution of applications supporting eDiscovery, litigation, and legal operations

• Architect and oversee integrations across eDiscovery platforms and enterprise systems, enabling interoperability and scalability

• Drive API strategy and automation to streamline workflows and improve efficiency across the legal technology ecosystem

• Build and maintain strong cross-functional relationships, navigating complex stakeholder dynamics to manage tradeoffs and deliver results

• Bring structure to ambiguous, high-stakes problems, identifying root causes and guiding teams toward effective, scalable solutions

• Partner with Legal stakeholders to identify, pilot, and scale AI-enabled use cases, driving measurable improvements in efficiency, quality, and risk mitigation

• Champion and operationalize the Product Operating Model, ensuring clear ownership, accountability, and predictable delivery across matrixed teams

• Ensure adherence to security, privacy, and regulatory requirements within the financial services environment

• Manage vendor relationships and platform lifecycle activities for tools such as Exterro, Relativity, Nuix, and Microsoft 365 Purview

• Establish and promote best practices across application lifecycle management, including CI/CD and DevOps

Who You Are

• A relationship-first leader who builds trust and credibility across business and technology stakeholders, particularly within Legal and Compliance environments

• A consultative partner who can engage deeply with stakeholders, challenge assumptions, and translate complex, ambiguous needs into clear, actionable solutions

• A strong problem solver who thrives in environments with evolving requirements, competing priorities, and limited structure

• An influencer who drives alignment and outcomes across a highly matrixed organization without direct authority

• An operator with a forward-deployed mindset, comfortable embedding with stakeholders and working side-by-side to deliver results

• A passionate advocate for AI-enabled transformation, with a bias toward experimentation, learning, and driving real adoption—not just building capability

Required Qualifications:

• 10+ years of Technology Strategic Leadership experience, or equivalent demonstrated through one or a combination of the following: work experience, training, military experience, education

• 4+ years of management or leadership experience

• 5+ years of Experience working in highly matrixed environments, partnering across business, product, and technology organizations

Desired Qualifications

• 8+ years of technology leadership experience, including leading application development and engineering teams

• 5+ years of experience with enterprise application development, integration, and API strategy

• Experience delivering solutions in regulated environments with strong understanding of security, privacy, and compliance requirements

• Experience supporting Legal, eDiscovery, or compliance-related technology ecosystems

• Familiarity with platforms such as Exterro, Relativity, Nuix, or Microsoft 365 Purview

• Experience identifying and implementing AI/ML or automation solutions in enterprise workflows

• Proven ability to lead complex transformation initiatives with measurable business impact

• Demonstrated ability to influence senior stakeholders and drive cross-functional alignment

Job Expectations:

• Be Humble: You're smart yet always interested in learning from others

• Work Transparently: You always deal in an honest, direct, and transparent way.

• Take Ownership: You embrace responsibility and find joy in having the answers

• Learn More: You regularly self-educate and improve your skill set.

• Show Gratitude: You show appreciation and respect to those you work with

Hybrid Work Schedule 3 days a week in the office.

No Visa Sponsorship Available for this role.

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*Job posting may come down early due to volume of applicants.